Despite Corona requirements, thousands of people romped about in the English Garden in Munich on Saturday.
When the police stepped in, the situation escalated.
Munich
- The corona numbers in Munich are falling *, the weather is getting better and people are drawn outside.
Due to the measures that are still in place and closings due to corona, the choice of leisure opportunities is small, which is why people gather in the few places that remain - with sometimes fatal consequences.
Corona chaos in the English Garden: Hundreds of people show solidarity against the police
On Saturday (May 8th), thousands of people were almost crowded together in the southern part of the English Garden in Munich.
As observed by members of the editorial team themselves, the police were on site from early afternoon.
Due to the crowd, however, it was hardly possible for the officers to track down every rule violation.
In the evening the situation finally escalated.
As several privately recorded videos that are currently circulating on the Internet show, several hundred people - mostly young - suddenly attacked the law enforcement officers in the evening.
According to police reports, there had been a fight among the park visitors present, and the officials intervened.
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Escalation in the English Garden: action against corona violations gets out of hand - 19 officials injured
Then, however, those present suddenly showed their solidarity with one another - and instead suddenly surrounded the police officers, who initially only had the option to retreat in the face of several hundred attackers. Finally reinforcements arrived at the scene. The officers used pepper spray and batons to attack the most aggressive attackers. Again and again loud calls for "freedom" echoed across the meadow, and a real hail of bottles fell on the police officers. A total of 19 officers were injured, but all are still fit for duty. As a police spokesman said on request, a total of six people were arrested. They are being investigated for bodily harm, resistance to law enforcement officers as well as attacking them and breaching the peace.
Again and again violence against police officers: the union boss sees politics as a responsibility
It is not the first time that it has escalated in the English Garden.
Only two weeks ago the police had to crack down after a brawl between three men * escalated.
A few days later there was a major operation because of six teenage girls * who resisted the police officers in the English Garden.
The deputy state chairman of the German Police Union.
Jürgen Ascherl, when asked by the Bild newspaper, was shocked by the increasing violence against police officers.
He was "appalled by the behavior of our fellow citizens and above all by this aggressiveness," said Ascherl.
After all, the police are only doing their job - politics is responsible for the chaos.
Most of the users on the Internet are also shocked by the events.
“Sad”, it says, among other things, and one user says ironically: “Great behavior from the youth.
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Your grandparents and parents are very proud of the way you deal with the pandemic and especially with the police. "
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